Hello! Today, I have big news. Ready?
Oh, I have a few exciting things to share...
This vlog is in American Sign Language. Please use captions or sound for English support.
Okay, first: Happy December! It's December now -- it's hard to believe.
This year... (exhales).
Now, it's almost finished! Are you ready for 2021?
This video, can you guess what is special?
It's December now -- that's one little clue for you...
Do you know?
This video is number 52 for this year.
This is my 52nd video for 2020!
And that is special why?
Do you remember way back in January... January all the way back then...
I set up a goal, I announced -- I shared with you
my goal for the year was here on YouTube, to put out 52 videos for you.
And that means I planned once a week to post.
That goal, I have achieved!
And now it is the beginning of December; 52 already means that I'm early.
In the beginning of the year, once or twice, I posted twice in one week.
Anyway, now that means my goal, my resolution, I was successful!
And thank *you* for your support through everything!
This year has been tough, but every week I posted why?
Because I know that you are here, you are learning.
So thank you for your comments, your likes, your emails.
I love reading -- I so enjoy seeing how you are learning ASL, you're *using* ASL
for interacting with your family, your children,
your customers, your friends, your sweethearts!
And so really, seeing your stories, I really appreciate that.
That is my inspiration for continuing to show up here every week.
And that means -- okay, 52 videos, means now I'm satisfied, I'm done, bye?
No, I'm staying! I will continue to show up every week,
but going forward, if one week I can't -- I can't post, I'm not going to stress about it.
For example, now with the holidays, New Year's, I'm thinking maybe a little bit of a break.
Next week, I'll post again, I will. But in two or three weeks, maybe I will be off,
so thank you for understanding.
And if you enjoy my videos, if you look forward to them,
don't forget to click the bell icon -- that little bell-shaped icon -- to get notified about new videos.
Anyway, again, I plan to continue typically posting every week, new videos here for you.
The topics will vary; I still have many requests that you have suggested,
a mix of teaching topics / themes, also similar signs,
vlogs -- just conversational for general understanding,
some related to grammar a little bit,
and I'm going to share some Fingerspelling Fridays!
Every Friday on Instagram, I post a fingerspelling challenge,
and I plan to share some of those here, too, for you.
So of those, it's a mix.
Your favorite type of video from me is what -- which? Any of these? Comment and let me know!
So that was the first exciting news, that my goal, I have achieved.
And the second big news for today...
is that my ASL beginner class, I am excited to offer a gift option!
If you know someone who wants to learn American Sign Language, my class, you can gift to them!
You can buy the class and get a gift certificate
for giving to them, and that will allow them to access the course.
This video's description has information about that.
And also for the holiday season, if you want to gift them other things related to learning ASL,
I suggest many many different things. My website has all of that,
and everything will be at ASLMeredith.com, and that information is below.
Last for today, I want to let you know for holiday signs...
December 10th is the first night of Hanukkah,
and then we have Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Years.
So if you're looking for holiday signs, again this video's description...
has a whole list of different videos that you can watch.
Okay? That is it for today! Simple.
And congratulations to all of us: 52 videos this year.
I hope that you have been along for the ride together with me,
and we'll continue into the future! Let's go!
Happy holidays to you, and your families, your friends. I'll see you soon.
Bye!